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THE  MORMONS 


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THEIR  GREAT  CHOIR 


VIEWS  6§f  DESCRIPTIVE  MATTER 
OF  THIS  GREAT  ORGANIZATION 
INCLUDING  VIEWS  of  THE  GREAT 
MORMON  TEMPLE/TABERNACLE 

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TWENTY    ILLUSTRATIONS 


PUBLISHED  UNDER  THE  AUSPICES  OF  THE 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  OF  THE 
SALT  LAKE  TABERNACLE  CHOIR 

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The  Tabernacle  Choir 


This  famous  body  of  singers  (known  generally  as  the  Mormon  Taber- 
nacle Choir)  was  organized  by  President  Brigham  Young  in  the  early 
days  of  the  state.  The  original  conductors  of  the  choir,  in  order  of  their 
service,  have  been  as  follows :  Stephen  Goddard,  James  Smithies,  Charles 
J.  Thomas,  William  Sands,  Professor  George  Careless,  Professor  E.  Bees- 
ley  and  Professor  Evan  Stephens,  the  present  incumbent.  The  choir  was 
enlarged  to  about  one  hundred  singers  at  the  time  it  was  transferred  to 
the  large  Tabernacle  under  Professor  Careless'  direction,  and  with  his 
wife,  Mrs.  Lavinia  Careless,  as  leading  soprano,  it  achieved  an  almost 
national  reputation. 

The  present  mammoth  organization  of  five  hundred  enrolled  singers 
(the  largest  regular  church  choir  in  the  world)  dates  back  to  1890,  when 
the  present  conductor  and  manager,  Professor  Evan  Stephens,  took 
.charge.  The  choir  was  then  organized  on  a  broader  basis  than  before, 
and  divided  into  five  vocal  parts ;  viz. :  first  and  second  soprano,  alto, 
tenor  and  bass. 

Free  training  classes  have  been  held  for  the  benefit  of  the  members 
in  sight-reading,  voice  culture,  harmony  and  composition.  The  choir  is 
self-supporting  financially,  and  the  members  are  giving  their  services 
freely  to  this  phase  of  church  work.  A  portion  of  this  organization, 
numbering  from  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  members, 
has  visited  cities  in  other  states  on  concert  tours,  notably  Chicago 
(where  it  secured  a  prize  of  f  1,000  in  choral  singing),  Denver,  and  sev- 
eral places  in  California. 


TABERNACLE. 


PRESIDENT  TAFT  AT  TABERNACLE. 


Tabernacle 


The  Tabernacle  is  an  immense  auditorium,  elliptic  in  shape,  and 
seats  eight  thousand  people.  It  is  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long,  a 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide  and  eighty  feet  high.  The  self-supporting, 
wooden  roof  is  a  remarkable  work  of  engineering.  It  rests  upon  pillars 
or  buttresses  of  red  sandstone,  which  stand  ten  to  twelve  feet  in  the 
whole  circumference  of  the  building.  The  pillars  support  wooden  arches 
ten  feet  in  thickness  and  spanning  a  hundred  and  fifty  feet.  These 
arches,  of  a  lattice-truss  construction,  are  put  together  with  wooden 
pins,  there  being  no  nails  or  iron  of  any  kind  used  in  the  framework. 

The  building  was  erected  from  1865  to  1867.  This  being  before  the 
railroad  reached  Utah,  all  the  important  material  used  in  the  construc- 
tion had  to  be  hauled  with  ox-teams  from  the  Missouri  Kiver.  It  was 
for  this  reason  that  wooden  pins  were  used  in  place  of  nails.  The  roof 
now  has  a  metallic  covering,  which  a  few  years  ago  replaced  the  old 
wooden  shingles. 

The  original  cost  of  this  building  was  about  $350,000,  exclusive  of 
the  cost  of  the  organ.  Regular  services  are  held  in  the  Tabernacle  every 
Sunday  afternoon  at  two  o'clock,  and  during  the  summer  season  free 
organ  recitals  are  given  daily  for  the  visiting  public. 

At  a  distance  of  two  hundred  feet  the  dropping  of  a  pin  or  a  whis- 
per can  be  heard  with  incredible  distinctness.  "The  Tabernacle  was 
planned  and  erected  under  the  direction  of  the  pioneer  leader,  Brigham 
Young.  He  was  a  glazier  and  cabinet-maker  by  trade,  but  had  been 
schooled  chiefly  by  hardship  and  experience." 


Temple 


The  Temple  is  one  hundred  and  eighty-six  feet  long  and  ninety-nine 
feet  wide;  its  greatest  height  being  two  hundred  and  twenty-two  feet 
to  the  top  of  the  figure  which  surmounts  the  central  eastern  tower. 
Less  than  six  years  after  the  first  pioneers  found  here  a  desolate,  sage- 
brush wilderness,  they  commenced  this  building.  They  laid  the  founda- 
tion walls  sixteen  feet  wide  and  eight  feet  deep ;  while  above  ground  the 
walls  vary  in  thickness  from  nine  to  six  feet.  In  1873  the  railroad  was 
built  to  the  granite  quarries,  about  twenty  miles  southeast  of  the  city. 
Up  to  that  time  huge  blocks  of  stone  were  hauled  by  ox-teams,  requiring, 
at  times,  four  yoke  of  oxen  four  days  to  transport  a  single  stone.  The 
building  was  not  completed  until  1893 — just  forty  years  after  it  was  com- 
menced. There  were  intervals  when  work  had  to  be  suspended,  owing  to 
the  poverty  of  the  people,  and  other  difficulties  that  confronted  them  in 
the  early  days.  The  building  cost  in  all  about  f  4,000,000. 

Visitors  are  never  admitted  to  the  Temple.  Just  after  it  was  com- 
pleted, large  numbers  of  the  visiting  public,  together  with  a  great  many 
residents  of  Salt  Lake,  not  members  of  the  Mormon  Church,  were  shown 
through  the  building;  but  since  its  dedication,  April  6,  1893,  no  visitors 
have  been  admitted. 


Interior  of  the  Temple 


A  wide  and  lofty  corridor  extends  the  entire  width  of  the  basement, 
in  the  center  of  the  building,  from  north  to  south.  At  the  south  end  of 
this  corridor  is  a  handsome  staircase,  the  posts,  rails  and  wainscoting  of 
which  are  solid,  polished  cherry  wood.  The  various  rooms  of  the  base- 
ment are  reached  from  the  corridor.  Spacious  bath-  and  dressing-rooms, 
for  men  only,  are  located  along  the  northwest  side.  Similar  rooms,  for 
women  only,  are  on  the  southwest  side.  Intervening,  and  entirely  sepa- 
rating these  two  sets  of  rooms,  is  the  magnificent  baptismal  font  room 
of  the  Temple,  fifty-seven  feet  long  by  thirty-five  feet  wide. 

The  distinctive  feature  of  this  room  is  the  font  itself.  In  some  re- 
spects it  resembles  the  "molten  sea"  of  Solomon's  Temple,  described  in 
I  Kings,  vii,  23-26.  This  in  the  Salt  Lake  Temple  is,'  probably,  equally 
beautiful.  It  is  cast-iron,  elliptical  in  form,  and  of  ample  dimensions 
in  length,  width  and  depth  to  contain  an  abundant  supply  of  water 
in  which  the  officiating  Elder  can  submerge  the  individual  who  acts 
as  proxy  in  the  ordinance  of  baptism  for  the  dead.  It  rests  upon  the 
backs  of  twelve  life-size,  cast-iron,  bronzed  oxen,  which  stand  in  an 
excavated  depression  about  three  feet  below  the  level  of  the  floor,  in  the 
center  of  the  room.  There  is  a  flight  of  iron  steps  at  the  east  and  west 
ends  of  the  font,  from  the  floor  to  its  rim,  connecting  with  steps  leading 
down  into  the  water.  The  elegance  of  the  castings,  enameling,  gilding, 
and  other  ornamentation  and  appointments  connected  with  the  font,  and 
the  room  in  which  it  is  placed,  makes  the  whole  surpassingly  grand. 

There  are  two  assembly-rooms  on  the  east  side  of  the  corridor,  each 
about  forty  by  forty-five  feet,  with  opera-chair  seats  in  each  for  two  hun- 
dred persons.  The  room  to  the  north  is  quite  plain  in  its  finishings,  but 
the  one  on  the  south  is  splendidly  frescoed — the  ceiling  painted  to  repre- 
sent the  firmament,  and  the  w^alls  displaying  beautiful  landscapes.  At 
the  south  side  of  this  room  are  openings  into  a  large  conservatory  of 
lovely  flowering  plants. 

On  the  floor  above  the  basement,  which  is  reached  by  the  grand 
staircase  from  the  corridor  below,  there  are  three  large  rooms,  and  a 
number  smaller,  all  of  which  are  beautifully  decorated,  and  furnished 
at  great  cost.  On  the  wall  of  the  hall-landing  on  this  floor  is  a  large  oil 

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painting,  twelve  feet  by  eighteen  feet,  painted  by  Armitage,  depicting 
a  Book  of  Mormon  subject- -Christ  preaching  to  the  Nephites.  A  com- 
panion-picture to  this  is  in  the  hall  below,  and  the  subject  is  Joseph 
Smith  preaching  to  a  tribe  of  Indians. 

The  walls  of  the  large  room  on  the  southwest  of  this  floor  are  painted 
in  landscape  scenes,  differing  in  character  from  those  on  the  walls  of  the 
room  below.  The  splendid  chandeliers,  furnishings  and  decorations 
make  this  an  elegant  assembly-room.  It  is  surpassed,  however,  by  the 
other  large  room,  on  the  northwest.  In  this  white-and-gold  is  the  pre- 
dominating feature  of  the  beautifully  decorated  ceiling,  cornice  and  walls. 
It  can  be  brilliantly  illuminated,  when  desired,  by  the  handsome  chande 
liers  and  great  number  of  electric  lights.  A  very  large  mirror  covers  a 
section  of  the  west  end  of  the  room.  The  seats  are  finely  upholstered, 
rich  curtains  hang  at  the  windows,  and  splendid  paintings  adorn  the 
walls. 

Across  the  entire  east  end  of  the  room  just  described  is  an  archway, 
which  connects  it  with  the  northeast  room.  Ascending  a  few  steps,  we 
push  the  curtain  aside  and  pass  into  the  most  magnificent  room  in  the 
Temple.  It  is  larger  and  more  lofty  than  either  of  the  others.  Grecian 
columns  are  ranged  along  the  sides,  supporting  an  arched  roof.  A  dou- 
ble row  of  windows  gives  abundant  light.  The  upper  row  is  of  stained 
glass,  semi-circular  in  form.  Immense  plate-glass  mirrors  cover  the  east 
walls.  Above  the  mirrors  are  two  splendid  oil  paintings  by  Lambourne, 
representing  historic  spots — the  Hill  Cumorah  and  Adam-Ondi-Ahman. 
Decorative  artists  of  great  skill  have  done  their  best,  and  produced  a  har- 
monious blending  of  gorgeous  colors  and  gilding  on  the  walls,  columns, 
cornices,  and  elaborate,  paneled  ceiling,  with  its  artistically  arranged 
borders,  and  clusters  of  grapes,  fruits  and  flowers.  The  furniture,  car- 
pet, curtains,  pictures,  chandeliers  and  ornaments  are  all  of  the  most 
costly  description. 

Three  comparatively  small  apartments  open  to  the  south  of  this  in- 
describably beautiful  room.  Those  at  the  southeast  and  southwest  ends 
are  semi-circular,  and  about  equal  in  size,  each  of  them  exquisite  in  deco- 
ration and  furnishings,  while  large  plate-glass  mirrors  cover  the  end 
walls.  Stained-glass  windows  and  numerous  electric  lights  brilliantly 
illuminate  the  rooms. 

The  third  apartment  alluded  to  is  situated  between  the  two  just  de- 
scribed, and  elevated  a  few  feet  above  them.  The  stairway  leading  to  it 
from  the  main  room  is  an  elegant  design,  finished  in  white  and  gold. 
The  room  is  circular  in  form,  with  a  domed  ceiling,  which  is  completely 


encircled  by  jeweled  windows  that  admit  a  multi-hued,  softened  light. 
The  walls  are  artistically  paneled,  red  silk  velvet  forming  borders;  deli- 
cate blue,  white  and  gold  predominating  in  the  shades  of  color.  The 
floor  is  inlaid  with  inch-square  blocks  of  hard  woods,  polished,  the  whole 
forming  a  pattern  of  great  beauty.  A  fitting  adjunct  to  this  beautiful 
room  is  a  large  stained-glass  window,  placed  in  the  south  side.  It  is  a 
work  of  art  of  the  highest  type,  made  by  the  celebrated  Tiffany  Company, 
and  represents  the  Father  and  the  Son  appearing  to  the  boy  Joseph 
Smith.  There  is  another  large  window  of  the  same  kind  in  the  room 
adjoining  this  on  the  west;  the  subject  represented  being  the  delivery  of 
the  Book  of  Mormon  to  Joseph  Smith  by  the  angel  Moroni.  Still  another 
window,  in  a  hall  on  the  same  floor,  depicts  the  expulsion  of  Adam  and 
Eve  from  the  Garden  of  Eden. 

The  eastern  front  doors  of  the  Temple  are  on  this  floor,  and  they 
open  into  hallways  which  lead  to  a  series  of  reception-rooms,  beautifully 
decorated  and  furnished,  and  to  the  granite  stairways  in  the  north  and 
south  towers. 

Ascending  to  the  second  story  of  the  Temple,  by  the  south  stairway, 
we  reach  a  landing  from  which  we  proceed  westward,  and  then  find  our- 
selves in  a  corridor,  on  each  side  of  which  are  a  number  of  apartments, 
suitably  furnished,  and  decorated  in  excellent  style,  for  the  use,  sever- 
ally, of  the  First  Presidency,  the  Twelve  Apostles,  first  seven  Presidents 
of  Seventies,  Stake  Presidencies  and  High  Councils,  and  various  quorums 
of  Elders,  etc.  The  members  of  these  church  organizations  hold  prayer 
and  council  meetings  in  the  respective  rooms  assigned  to  them  in  the 
Temple.  Many  choice  paintings,  and  portraits  of  distinguished  men  of 
the  Church,  adorn  the  walls  of  these  rooms. 

Again  ascending  a  granite  stairway,  in  one  of  the  corner  towers,  we 
reach  the  third  story  of  the  Temple  and  enter  the  general  assembly-room. 
It  is  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  long,  eighty  feet  wide  and  thirty-six 
feet  high.  It  occupies  the  entire  width  of  the  interior  of  the  building, 
and  is  lighted  by  the  two  upper  rows  of  windows,  on  both  sides.  It  is  a 
grand  and  beautiful  room,  with  a  splendid  gallery  on  each  side.  Several 
rows  of  finely  upholstered  seats  are  located  at  the  east  end,  under  an  or- 
nate canopy,  for  the  presiding  authorities  of  the  Church,  and  other  lead- 
ing representatives  holding  the  Melchisedec  Priesthood.  A  similar  ar- 
rangement of  seats  is  provided  at  the  west  end  for  the  Presiding  Bishop- 
ric, Bishops,  and  representative  men  holding  the  Aaronic  Priesthood. 
The  seats  in  the  body  of  the  hall  are  reversible,  that  the  audience  may 
turn  toward  either  of  the  stands  occupied  by  the  speakers.  The  entire 

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seating  capacity  is  about  two  thousand  persons.  A  great  number  of 
electric  lights  surround  the  cornice,  and  there  are  five  large  chandeliers, 
providing  as  brilliant  a  light  at  night  as  in  the  day. 

A  further  ascent  of  the  granite  stairway  brings  us  on  a  level  with 
the  roof  of  the  Temple,  whereon  there  is  a  broad  promenade,  from  which 
an  entrancing  view  of  the  city,  valley,  mountains  and  lake  may  be  ob- 
tained. From  that  position  the  electric-light  finials  on  the  capstones  of 
the  five  towers  can  be  noted,  and  a  good  view  can  be  had  also  of  the 
statue  of  Moroni,  crowned  with  a  one-hundred  candle-power  electric 
light. 

The  entire  edifice,  with  all  its  details  of  furnishings,  etc.,  and  includ- 
ing the  annex,  boiler-house,  machinery-room,  etc.,  has  cost  about  $4,000,- 
000. 

It  was  completed,  in  all  essential  respects,  on  the  fifth  of  April, 
1893;  and  was  dedicated  on  the  following  day.  The  many  thousands  of 
Latter-Day  Saints  who  had  contributed  money  or  labor,  often  involving 
self-denial  and  sacrifices  such  as  will  never  be  told,  could  not  all  partici- 
pate in  the  first  day's  dedicatory  services.  Consequently,  those  services 
were  repeated  twice  daily,  for  three  weeks,  until  about  seventy  thousand 
people  had  been  made  glad  in  beholding  the  realization  of  their  long- 
cherished  hopes,  and  joined  in  shouting  "Hosanna  to  God  and  the  Lamb" 
in  the  great  assembly-room  of  the  Temple. — From  the  copyrighted  edition 
of  "The  Great  Temple."  Published  by  permission. 


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BRIGHAM  YOUNG'S  MONUMENT. 


Brigham  Young's  Monument 

Brigham  Young's  Monument  is  located  at  the  head  of  Main  Street. 
It  is  of  bronze;  was  designed  by  C.  E.  Dallin,  of  Boston,  a  Utah -born 
artist ;  and  cost  f 25,000,  exclusive  of  the  pedestal,  which  is  of  Utah  gran 
ite,  weighing  some  hundred  and  twenty  tons. 

SYNOPSIS  OF  MORMON  PIONEERS'  TRIP  AND  NAMES  OF  THE 

PARTY. 

The  pioneers  left  the  city  of  Nauvoo,  Illinois,  during  the  cold  mouth 
of  February,  1846,  crossing  the  Mississippi  River  and  making  their  \vay 
through  what  is  now  Iowa,  reaching  the  Missouri  River  in  July  of  the 
same  year.  After  many  hardships  and  privations  endured  in  crossing 
the  plains  and  the  Rocky  Mountains,  they  arrived  in  Great  Salt  Lake 
Valley  on  July  24,  1847.  This  day  is  now  called  Pioneers'  Day,  and  is 
observed  as  a  legal  holiday,  being  made  so  by  legislation. 

The  party  was  made  up  of  a  hundred  and  forty-eight  people,  all  told, 
three  men  of  whom  were  colored;  there  were  also  three  women  aud  two 
children.  The  camping  outfit  was  composed  of  seventy-two  wagons, 
ninety-three  horses,  fifty-two  mules,  sixty-six  oxen,  nineteen  cows  and 
seventeen  dogs,  and  a  number  of  chickens.  A  considerable  number  of 
hand-carts  were  also  used  by  members  of  the  party.  The  three  women 
accompanying  the  party  were  Harriet  Page  Wheeler  Young,-  wife  of 
Lorenzo  D.  Young;  Clarissa  Decker  Young,  wife  of  Brigham  Young;  and 
Ellen  Saunders  Kimball,  wife  of  Heber  C.  Kimball.  The  two  children 
were  Isaac  .Perry  Decker  and  Lorenzo  Zabriskie  Young. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  names  of  the  party,  all  of  which  are  en- 
graved on  the  monument : 

Wilford  Woodruff,  Jacob  D.  Burnham,  Joseph  Egbert,  Marcus 
Thorpe,  George  Wardle,  John  S.  Fowler,  Orson  Pratt,  John  M.  Freeman, 
George  A.  Smith,  Thomas  Grover,  Barnabas  L.  Adams,  Amasa  M.  Ly- 
inan,  Albert  Carrington,  George  W.  Brown,  Jesse  C.  Little,  Ezra  T.  Ben- 
son, Roswell  Stevens,  Sterling  Driggs,  Thomas  Bullock,  Willard  Rich- 
ards, Phineas  H.  Young,  Thomas  Tanner,  Addison  Everett,  Lorenzo  D. 
Young,  Joseph  S.  Scofield,  John  Y.  Green,  Brigham  Young,  Truman  O. 
Angell,  Bryant  Stringham,  Albert  P.  Rockwood,  Luke  S.  Johnson,  Ed- 

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inund  Ellsworth,  George  R.  Grant,  Samuel  Fox,  Harry  Pierce,  Jacob 
Weiler,  John  Holman,  Alvarus  Hanks,  Millen  Atwood,  Tunis  Rappelyee, 
William  Dykes,  Stephen  H.  Goddard,  Henry  G.  Sherwood,  Sylvester  H. 
Earl,  Samuel  H.  Marble,  William  Henrie,  Tarlton  Lewis,  Zebedee  Col- 
trin,  John  Dixon,  George  Scholes.  Win.  A.  Empey,  Charles  Shumway, 
Thomas  Woolsey,  Erastus  Snow,  Wm.  S.  Woodsworth,  Simeon  Howd, 
Andrew  Shumway,  Chauncey  Loveland,  James  Craig,  William  Vance, 
Seeley  Owen,  James  Case,  William  C.  A.  Sinoot,  William  Carter,  Benj. 
Franklin  Stewart,  Eric  Glines,  Artemas  Johnson,  Franklin  B.  Dewey, 
Franklin  G.  Losee,  Datus  Ensign,  Monroe  Frink,  Ozro  Eastman,  Seth 
Taft,  Stephen  Kelsey,  Chas.  D.  Barnum,  Rufus  Allen,  Horace  Thornton, 
John  S.  Eldredge,  Alma  M.  Williams,  Robert  T.  Thomas,  James  W. 
Stewart,  Levi  X.  Kendall,  David  Grant,  Elijah  Newman,  Francis  Boggs, 
Heber  C.  Kimball,  William  A.  King,  Hosea  Cushings,  George  B.  Billings, 
Philo  Johnson,  Howard  Egan,  Thomas  Cloward,  Robert  Byard,  Edson 
Whipple,  William  Clayton,  Appleton  M.  Harmon,  Horace  K.  Whitney, 
Orin  P.  Rockwell,  R.  Jackson  Redding,  Francis  Pomeroy,  Nathaniel 
Fairbanks,  Carlos  Murray,  Orson  K.  Whitney,  Nathaniel  T.  Brown,  John 
Pack,  Aaron  Farr,  John  S.  Higbee,  Solomon  Chamberlain,  Joseph 
Rooker,  John  H.  Tippetts,  Henson  Walker,  John  Wheeler,  Conrad  Kline- 
man,  Perry  Fitzgerald,  James  Davenport,  Benjamin  Wolfe,  Norton 
Jacob,  George  Woodard,  Lewis  Barney,  Andrew  Gibbons,  John  W.  Nor- 
ton, Chas.  A.  Harper,  Stephen  Markham,  George  Mills,  James  Hancock, 
Shadrach  Roundy,  Levi  Jackman,  John  Brown,  David  Powers,  Hans  C. 
Hanson,  Lyinan  Curtis,  Matthew  Ivory,  Hark  Say  (colored),  Oscar 
Crosby  (colored),  Joseph  Matthews,  John  Gleason,  Alexander  P.  Chess- 
ley,  Norman  Taylor,  Gillroid  Summe,  Chas.  A.  Burke,  Rodney  Badger, 
Green  Flake  (colored). 


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GEORGE  D.  PYPER,  MANAGER  TABERNACLE  CHOIR 


JOSEPH  F.  SMITH, 
The  Prophet. 


BRIGHAM  YOUNG. 


JOSEPH  F.  SMITH, 
President  of  the  Mormon  Church. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  OF  TABERNACLE  CHOIR: 

(1)  Benjamin  Goddard,  Chairman  of  Executive  Committee;  (2)  Evan  Stephens,  Conductor, 
Tabernacle  Choir;  (3)  J.  J.  McClellan,  Organist,  Salt  Lake  Tabernacle;  (4)  Horace  S. 
Ensign,  Assistant  Conductor,  Tabernacle  Choir;  (5)  Eli  H.  Peirce,  Member  of  Executive 
Committee. 


Saltair 


The  pavilion  at  Saltair,  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
stands  out  over  the  water  four  thousand  feet  from  the  shore.  The  archi- 
tecture is  Moorish,  and  the  form  of  the  main  structure  crescentic.  On 
the  second  floor,  under  a  central  dome  wider  and  longer  than  the  Taber- 
nacle, is  a  dancing-floor  that  will  accommodate  one  thousand  couples, 
and  beneath  it  a  luncheon-  and  lounging-room  of  the  same  proportions. 
From  each  side  of  the  dome  the  horns  of  a  crescent  bend  out  over  the 
sea.  The  original  structure  long  ago  became  inadequate  to  accommo- 
date the  summer  crowds,  and  the  piling  has  been  extended  to  make  way 
for  a  Midway  Plaisance,  a  mammoth  hippodrome,  a  great  ship  res- 
taurant, and  all  the  amusements  that  go  to  make  up  a  summer  resort. 

More  than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  has  already  been  expended 
upon  Saltair,  and  every  convenience  and  comfort  has  been  provided  by 
the  management,  which  is  enterprising  and  holds  the  place  up  to  the 
highest  standard  of  respectability.  There  are  more  than  twelve  hundred 
dressing-rooms,  and  many  times  that  number  of  bathing-suits. 

The  bath  in  the  lake  and  the  summer  sunset  will  linger  long  in  the 
memory  of  the  visitor.  There  is  no  danger  of  drowning,  for  the  bather 
floats  without  effort  on  the  waves;  but  care  should  be  taken  to  protect 
the  mouth  and  nostrils  from  the  solution,  a  very  little  of  which  will  pro- 
duce strangulation.  More  than  five  hundred  thousand  people  visit  the 
lake  every  year,  and  there  is  not  an  insomnia  sufferer  who  will  not  find 
in  a  week's  bathing  the  specific  for  his  ills. 


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DANCING  PAVILION  AT  SALTAIR. 


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BATHING  IN  THE  GREAT  SALT  LAKE. 


Great  Salt  Lake 


Eleven  miles  west  of  the  city,  and  easily  reached  by  rail,  lies  the 
Great  Salt  Lake,  Utah's  star  attraction — the  grand,  gloomy,  peculiar 
feature  of  the  topography.  This  water-wonder  has  always  been  more  or 
less  a  mystery  to  mankind.  Geologists  trace  it  back  to  Lake  Bonne- 
ville — an  inland  sea,  larger  than  Lake  Huron,  that  washed  over  Utah 
ages  and  ages  ago,  broke  down  its  mountain  barriers,  and  flowed  away  to 
the  Pacific.  The  remnant  of  that  sea,  reduced  by  centuries  of  evapora- 
tion, now  lies  dead  and  desolate  out  in  the  desert.  Vague  accounts  of 
the  lake  date  back  to  the  sixteenth  century;  but  its  real  discovery  is 
credited  to  Jim  Bridger,  who  first  saw  it  from  the  south  of  Bear  Eiver, 
in  1824. 

The  area  of  the  lake  is  given  as  twenty-five  hundred  square  miles; 
but  the  shore  lines  advance  and  retreat  with  the  wet  and  dry  cycles  of  the 
region.  In  1843,  John  C.  Fremont  crossed  dry-shod  to  Antelope  Island, 
now  eight  miles  from  the  shore.  In  1902  the  low  levels  were  again 
reached,  and  the  waters  were  then  more  than  a  mile  within  their  present 
limits.  *roft  Obffln 

The  lake  has  eight  mountain  islands,  all  with  spring  and  fresh 
water;  and,  on  the  west  shore,  in  the  Great  American  Desert,  where  the 
waves  have  been  swept  inland  by  the  winds,  a  sea  of  solid  salt  has  been 
formed  by  centuries  of  deposition.  The  crystallized  sea,  twelve  miles 
long  and  thirty  miles  wide,  is  said  to  contain  380,000,000  carloads  of 
salt.  Under  the  summer  sun  it  is  a  vast  expanse  of  scintillating,  dazz- 
ling white,  and  the  mirages  that  dance  and  quiver  in  the  heated  air  above 
it  form  phantom  scenes  too  marvelous  for  description. 


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History  of  the  Lucin  Cut-Off 

WHAT    IT    SAVES,    AND    DIFFICULTIES    OF    THE    WORK. 

Every  railroad  man,  and  most  laymen,  will  be  able  to  appreciate  the 
advantages  of  the  Ogden-Lucin  cut-off  across  the  north  end  of  Great  Salt 
Lake  from  the  following  figures : 

Original   road    146.68  miles 

New  road    102.91  miles 

The  new  road  saves  43.77  miles,  3,819  degrees  of  curvature  and  1,515 
feet  vertical  of  grade.  *  The  sharpest  curve  of  the  new  road  is  one  and 
one-half  degrees,  against  ten  degrees  on  the  old  road.  The  steepest 
grade  of  the  new  road  is  twenty-one  feet  per  mile,  against  ninety  feet 
per  mile  on  the  old  road. 

IN    GREAT    SALT    LAKE. 

11.10  miles  of  permanent  trestle  built 
11.84  miles  of  temporary  trestle  built 

A  total  of  22.94  miles  of  trestle  have  been  built,  of  which  the  tem- 
porary trestle,  11.84  miles,  is  being  replaced  by  an  embankment  which  is 
approaching  completion,  this  temporary  trestle  having  been  constructed 
for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  construction  of  the  embankment. 

The  construction  of  this  trestle  necessitated  the  use  of  seven  tug- 
boats, numerous  small  boats  and  a  stern-wheel  steamer,  the  "Promon- 
tory,'7 which  was  built  on  the  lake  as  soon  as  the  track  laid  west  from 
Ogden  reached  sufficient  depth  of  water. 

The  rate  of  progress  in  the  construction  of  the  trestle  depended 
chiefly  on  the  supply  of  material,  the  great  amount  of  which  made  its 
transportation  by  rail  a  difficult  and  burdensome  matter,  in  addition  to 
the  great  amount  of  commercial  freight  requiring  transportation  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  business.  The  trestle  force  was  organized  and 
equipped  to  build  one  and  one-quarter  miles  of  trestle  per  week,  and  the 
greatest  amount  of  trestle  built  in  any  one  week  of  six  working  days, 
working  by  daylight  only,  was  one  mile  and  seven  one-thousandths,  work- 
ing a  little  more  than  five  days  of  the  week. 

The  temporary  trestle  is  in  water  from  shallow  depth  to  a  depth  of 
twenty-seven  feet.  The  permanent  trestle  is  nearly  in  water  from  thirty 

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to  thirty-four  feet  deep  at  the  present  level  of  the  lake,  which  is  about 
one  foot  below  the  zero  point  of  the  Garfield  Beach  gauge. 

The  filling  material  for  making  the  embankment  replacing  the  tem- 
porary trestle  is  obtained  in  part  from  near  the  east  shore  of  the  lake, 
at  Little  Mountain;  in  part  from  Promontory  Point,  on  which  the  rail- 
road is  situated  for  about  four  and  one-half  miles;  and  in  part  from  the 
Hogup  Mountains,  about  sixteen  miles  west  of  the  lake.  The  rock  for 
protection  of  the  embankments  from  wave-wash  is  obtained  in  the  Lake- 
side Mountains,  on  the  west  shore  of  the  lake. 

MILEAGE   IX   LAKE. 

The  railroad  is  on  embankment  and  on  trestle  in  Great  Salt  Lake : 

Between  the  east  shore  and  Promontory  Point 8.03  miles 

Between  Promontory  Point  and  the  west  shore 19.45  miles 

The  embankment  between  the  east  shore  of  the  lake  and  Promon- 
tory Point,  almost  wholly  cutting  off  the  portion  of  the  lake  to  the  north 
from  the  main  lake,  and  the  water  of  the  Bear  River  emptying  into  this 
portion  of  the  lake,  has  caused  the  water  to  freshen  enough  so  that  in 
the  winter  of  1902-3  ice  formed  over  the  entire  area  north  of  the  railroad 
embankment  to  a  thickness  of  about  one  foot. 

The  work  has  been  attended  by  less  loss  of  life  than  usual  on  an 
equal  mileage  of  ordinary  railroad  construction. 

NO  LOSS  OF  ROLLING-STOCK. 

There  has  been  no  loss  whatever  of  any  engines  or  cars,  and  less  in- 
jury to  rolling-stock  from  derailments  and  other  wrecks  than  would 
usually  be  attendant  on  the  construction  of  an  equal  mileage  of  ordinary 
railroad. 

There  are  a  few  places  where  the  lake  bottom  is  soft,  and  the  bank 
settles  and  displaces  the  material  of  the  lake  bottom  until,  by  suitably 
continued  filling  of  rock  and  gravel,  a  firm  bank  is  obtained.  There  has 
been  much  less  of  this  encountered  than  was  reasonably  to  be  expected. 
Work  of  this  character,  but  of  greater  difficulty,  is  common  in  the  vicini- 
ty of  San  Francisco  Bay  and  similar  localities. 

The  track  was  laid  from  Ogden  to  the  east  shore  of  the  lake  on  June 
16,  1902,  and,  continuing  westward,  met  the  track  laid  eastward  from 
Lucin  on  November  15,  1903,  near  the  middle  of  the  lake.  No  trestle 
material  was  delivered  at  the  lake  for  the  work  until  after  the  month  of 
June,  1902. 

The  Ogden-Lucin  cut-off  is  essentially  a  direct  line,  being  by  compu- 
tation but  1,708  feet,  or  0.32  mile,  longer  than  an  air  line. 


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Utah — The  Beehive  State 


AREA  :  Square  miles,  84,990 ;  extreme  length  north  and  south,  345 
miles;  breadth,  275  miles;  area  in  acres,  54,393,600;  acres  in  lakes  and 
mountains,  20,000,000;  forest  reserves  in  acres,  7,436,327. 

POPULATION  :  State,  373,351 ;  Salt  Lake  County,  131,426 ;  Salt  Lake 
City,  92,777;  Ogden,  27,000;  Provo,  10,000;  Logan,  9,000. 

KAILROADS:    Total  mileage,  steam  roads,  1,987;  electric,  230. 

PRINCIPAL  INDUSTRIES  OF  STATE  :  Farming,  mining,  smelting  and 
reduction  of  ores,  wool,  manufacturing  and  live  stock.  Area  of  land 
under  cultivation  and  subject  to  cultivation,  22,000,000  acres;  land  now 
under  irrigation,  1,000,000  acres;  dry  farm  land  under  cultivation, 
800,000  acres;  total  segregation  of  dry  farm  land  for  entry  under  en- 
larged homestead  act,  1,679,917.62  acres;  entries  made  in  1910  under 
this  act,  250,000  acres;  lands  included  under  irrigation  projects  in  course 
of  completion,  350,000  acres.  Utah's  mineral  resources,  which  have  been 
an  important  factor  in  her  growth,  are  as  yet  only  partially  developed. 
Mountains  of  iron  ore,  with  coal  in  inexhaustible  quantities  within 
twenty  miles,  are  as  yet  untouched,  while  the  marketing  of  salt,  from  a 
deposit  sixty  miles  square  and  averaging  five  feet  in  depth,  has  only 
begun.  The  estimated  production  for  1910,  for  some  of  the  minerals,  is 
as  follows:  copper,  13,400,000  pounds;  silver,  f 5,500,000;  lead  and  zinc, 
14,700.000;  gold,  f 4,160,000;  coal,  2,700,000  tons;  cement  products,  683,- 
578  barrels ;  gilsonite,  f  104,295. 

CLIMATE  OF  UTAH  :  Utah  experiences  a  great  variety  of  climate, 
ranging  from  the  cold  weather  of  the  mountains  and  elevated  valleys 
in  the  northern  portion  of  the  state,  where  the  hardier  grains  and  hay 
are  the  principal  crops,  to  the  mild  climate  of  the  lower  valleys  in  the 
southern  portion,  where  all  fruits  and  vegetables  of  the  temperate  zone 
are  grown,  and  some  semi-tropical  fruits  do  exceedingly  well. 

The  mean  temperature  for  the  state  is  about  49  degrees,  ranging 
from  42  degrees  in  the  northern  to  58  degrees  in  the  southern  portion. 
July  is  the  warmest  month,  with  mean  temperatures  ranging  from  82.2 
to  65.9  degrees.  The  annual  precipitation  ranges  from  6  to  24  inches. 

AGRICULTURE  IN  UTAH  :  The  certainty  of  Utah's  future  development 
is  based  on  the  great  agricultural  resources  of  the  state,  for  the  marvel- 
ously  fertile  soils  of  Utah,  until  the  last  few  years,  have  scarcely  been 
touched,  and  agricultural  experiment  and  research  work,  such  as  is  now 
being  conducted  on  a  scientific  basis,  is  revealing  mines  of  riches  for  the 
intelligent  agriculturist. 

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EXCHANGE  PLACE. 


BUSINESS  SECTION,  SALT  LAKE  CITY. 


Salt  Lake  City 


Located  in  the  valley  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake,  where  snow-capped 
peaks  of  rugged  barrenness  encircle  it  to  the  north  and  east,  and  fertile 
gardens  spread  out  to  the  west  and  south,  Salt  Lake  City  stands  today 
as  the  center  of  opportunities  in  the  great  Inland  Empire  of  the  West. 
Salt  Lake  commands  a  region  extending  six  hundred  miles  in  each  direc- 
tion, and  this  territory,  which  is  the  city's  natural  field  for  the  distribu- 
tion of  merchandise  and  supplies,  is  growing  more  rapidly  than  any  other 
part  of  the  United  States.  Mining  operations  involving  one-fifth  of  the 
total  output  of  the  United  States  are  directed  from  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
the  plants  for  the  reduction  and  smelting  of  ores,  which  are  located 
within  a  radius  of  twenty-five  miles,  handle  a  metal  output  in  excess  of 
$26,000,000  a  year. 

Salt  Lake  has  an  area  of  about  fifty  square  miles,  with  three  hundred 
and  seventy-five  miles  of  streets  (about  thirty  miles  of  which  are  paved), 
wider  than  those  of  any  other  city  in  the  country.  There  are  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  miles  of  sewers,  and  one  hundred  miles  of  street-railway 
trackage.  Five  steam  railroads  enter  Salt  Lake,  and  three  electric  in- 
terurban  lines  are  now  in  operation,  with  others  projected.  Mountain 
streams  furnish  a  maximum  of  72,000,000  gallons  a  day  of  the  purest 
water  to  the  system,  owned  and  operated  by  the  city. 

Salt  Lake  is  a  city  of  fine  homes  and  modern  office  buildings,  with 
handsome  churches  and  public  buildings,  wide  streets  and  beautiful 
parks.  Excellent  opportunities  for  various  manufacturing  lines  are  of- 
fered; with  good  transportation  facilities,  a  wealth  of  raw  material,  and 
a  demand  for  products  from  an  ever-increasing  population  in  the  sur- 
rounding territory. 

Detailed  information  regarding  any  feature  of  Utah's  resources  and 
opportunities  will  be  gladly  furnished  by  the  Commercial  Club  Publicity 
Bureau.  Utah  offers  opportunities  for  the  investing  of  money,  energy 
and  industry,  which  are  unsurpassed  by  any  state  in  the  Union.  If  you 
are  interested  in  "getting  back  to  the  right  kind  of  nature,"  Utah  should 
be  your  goal.  If  you  seek  an  investment  which  will  bring  sure  returns. 
Utah  should  be  your  goal.  If  you  are  looking  for  a  location  where  in- 
telligent effort  will  bring  the  greatest  possible  returns,  Utah  will  wel- 
come you;  and  it  matters  not  whether  your  capital  be  gold,  brains  or 
labor — Utah  offers  the  highest  rate  of  interest.  If  you  are  interested, 
address 

COMMERCIAL  CLUB  PUBLICITY  BUREAU, 

SALT  LAKE,  UTAH. 

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Travel  in  Comfort 


The  Union  Pacific  is  ballasted  with  Sherman 
gravel,  which  makes  a  practically  dustless 
roadbed.  It  has  fewer  curves  and  lower 
grades  than  any  other  trans-continental  line 
—is  laid  out  in  long,  easy  tangents.  You  are 
free  from  jolts,  jars  and  dust. 

A  large  portion  of  the  line  is  double  tracked, 
and  every  inch  of  the  way  to  California  is 
protected  by  automatic  electric  block  signals. 
Get  the  most  pleasure  out  of  your  trip  by 
taking  the  route  that  gives  you  the  maximum 
of  travel  comforts.  Go  via 


UNION  PACIFIC 

STANDARD    ROAD    OF    THE    WEST 


Equipment  electric  lighted  throughout.  Ex- 
cellent Dining  Cars  on  all  trains. 

Stop-overs  allowed  at  Denver,  Salt  Lake  and 
other  points  of  interest  en  route. 

For  literature  and  information  relative  to 
fares,  routes,  stop-overs,  etc.,  call  on  or  ad- 
dress your  local  Union  Pacific  representa- 
tive, or  address 


GERRIT  FORT 

Traffic  Passenger  Manager 

Omaha,  Neb. 


Park  Valley,  Utah 

You  can  BUY  a  farm  from  us  for  the  same  amount  you  would  pay  to 
rent  one  elsewhere.     There  is  no  better  land  in  Utah  for  the  price. 

Park  Valley  is  the  place  for  the  man  of  moderate  means — the  man  with  a  family,  who  wants 
to  "play  safe"  for  the  future,  and  insure  those  dependent  upon  him  a  life's  independence.  The 
ambitious  man,  who  will  put  thought  and  hard  work  into  the  task  of  securing  a  competence  in  the 
country,  cannot  fail  of  success.  Everything  is  there  to  help  him — at  least  it  is  so  in  Park  Valley. 
The  Pacific  Land  &  Water  Co.  have  been  selling  land  in  Park  Valley  for  the  past  eighteen 
months — thousands  of  acres  have  been  purchased  by  men  from  various  avocations  of  life.  Many 
have  built  homes  in  the  valley,  while  others  will  do  likewise  or  sell  again  at  a  profit.  Practically 
every  buyer  of  land  in  Park  Valley  went  over  the  land  before  purchasing.  They  stayed  several 
days  in  the  valley,  examined  and  tested  the  soil,  noted  the  growing  crops  on  thriving  farms,  saw 
how  easily  water  is  obtained  (from  ten  to  fifty  feet)  and  satisfied  themselves  that  the  water  is  as 
pure  as  any  in  the  intermountain  country.  All  have  been  impressed  with  the  land's  opportunities, 
and  when  given  the  prices  and  terms,  none  have  hesitated  to  buy.  They,  like  the  company,  have 
faith  in  the  future  of  Park  Valley. 

Consider  what  the  valley  offers:  Location— Prac- 
tically in  the  center  of  Box  Elder  county,  within  a 
few  miles  of  the  Southern  Pacific  station  at  Kelton, 
and  also  the  Salt  Lake  &  Idaho  railroad,  now  build- 
ing from  Burley,  Idaho,  to  the  shores  of  Great  Salt 
Lake.  WATER— Plenty  of  the  clearest  and  purest 
water  may  be  obtained  at  a  depth  of  from  ten  to  fifty 
feet;  some  gasoline  engine  pumping  plants  have  been 
installed  and  proved  successful.  The  rainfall  in  Park 
Valley  is  above  the  average  for  the  state — always 
adequate  for  profitable  dry  farming.  Soil — A  loose, 
sandy  loam,  from  3  to  6  feet  deep — warm  and  abun- 
dantly productive;  it  is  easily  worked  and  is  of  such 
texture  that  it  retains  the  moisture  for  a  considerable 
length  of  time.  CLIMATE— The  air  is  dry,  pure 
and  invigorating,  affording  a  healthful,  energizing 
climate.  The  mountains  keep  out  the  biting  frosts 
of  winter,  and  yet  afford  the  cooling  breezes  for  sum- 
mer. Vegetation  thrives  and  crops  are  always  cer- 
tain. 


$600  Buys  40  Acres 

Of  land  in  Park  Valley,  Utah— land 
that  is  as  fertile  and  productive  as  any 
in  these  mountain  states. 

$15  an  Acre— 5  Years'  Time 

We  require  a  cash  payment  of  $3 
per  acre  at  time  of  purchase,  and  the 
balance  may  be  paid  in  five  equal  an- 
nual payments  of  $2.40  per  acre. 
Forty  acres  for  $600;  $120  down  and 
$96  each  year  for  five  years. 

Think  what  you  could  do  with  even  40  acres  in 
Park  Valley.     You  can  use  part  of  the  land  for  fruit, 

provided  you  drive  a  well  and  get  the  water  to  the  trees.  You  can  use  a  portion  for  vegetable  gar- 
den and  chicken  raising.  The  greater  part  of  the  forty  acres  can  be  dry  farmed  profitably.  One 
farmer  here,  Mr.  J.  W.  Palmer,  raised  450  bushels  of  barley  on  seven  acres  without  irrigation  this 
year;  he  also  got  40  bushels  of  wheat  to  the  acre.  All  fruits,  grains  and  grasses  that  are  common 
to  Salt  Lake,  Weber,  Box  Elder  and  Cache  counties  do  well  in  Park  Valley. 

You  should  understand  that  the  price  for  which  we  are  now  selling  the  land  will  not  last  long — 
it  can't.  Developments  in  this  section  warrant  constantly  increasing  valuations.  You  should 
BUY  NOW.  The  company  will  assist  you  in  every  way  possible,  and  the  men  on  the  company's 
experiment  farm  in  the  valley  will  give  you  the  advantage  of  their  experience  in  getting  water  and 
growing  crops.  Then  there  is  the  "Protection  Against  Forfeiture"  feature  of  our  contracts,  which 
protects  you  from  any  loss  whatsoever  Have  you  ever  heard  of  a  fairer,  more  attractive  propo- 
sition? 

DRUEHL  TOWNSITE 

Located  almost  in  the  center  of  Park  Valley.  It  will  draw  from  the  country  for  a  considerable 
distance  in  each  direction.  As  homes  increase  in  number  in  the  valley  the  importance  of  "Druehl" 
will  grow.  It  will  soon  have  "city  water,"  and  a  telephone  line  from  Kelton  is  practically  assured 
for  the  near  future.  Lots  are  selling  at  very  reasonable  prices,  and  each  contract  therefor  contains 
"Free  Life  Insurance"  clause.  Now  is  a  good  time  to  buy  in  Druehl.  Prices  will  advance  here, 


a 
too. 


PROTECTION  AGAINST  FORFEITURE 


We  agree  in  our  contract  for  acreage  in  Park  Valley  that  should  the  purchaser,  through  adverse 
circumstances  or  any  other  condition,  be  unable  to  continue  the  payments  stipulated  in  the  con- 
tract after  there  has  been  paid  an  amount  equal  to  or  exceeding  $50,  he  shall  receive  the  equivalent 
in  lots  in  DRUEHL  townsite  to  the  full  value  of  the  money  paid  in. 

FREE  LIFE  INSURANCE 

Upon  the  death  of  any  purchaser  of  lots  in  DRUEHL  townsite,  the  company  will  give  a  clear 
deed  of  title  to  his  beneficiaries,  providing  any  and  all  payments  in  arrears  at  time  of  death  be  paid 
in  full.  This  will  hold  good,  even  should  the  purchaser  lose  his  life  one  hour  after  he  has  contracted 
for  the  land. 


Pacific  Land 
Water  Co 


Suite  816  Newhouse  Building 
SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH 


CUT  THIS  COUPON  OUT:  MAIL  IT  TODAY 

Pacific  Land  &  Water  Co.,  8  1  6  Newhouse  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City 

Gentlemen:  Please  send  me  Illustrated  folder  entitled,  "You 

Should  Build  Your  Home  In  Park  Valley,  Utah  "  I  am  Interested. 


Address  

Be  sure  to  write  plainly 


THE  VIRTUOLO 


THE  TURNING  POINT  IN  PLAYER-PIANO 
INVENTION 

In  the  Virtuolo  the  first  real  turning  point  in  player-piano  invention  has  been  reached. 

In  playing  it  you  produce  musical  expression  to  suit  your  mood  and  fancy,  but  you 
don't  have  to  put  your  mind  on  any  means  to  get  such  expression.  You  use  the  Virtuolo's 
means  unconsciously,  and  feel  that  you  are  playing  under  inspiration. 

In  other  words,  the  Virtuolo  dispels  the  final  objection  the  music-loving  public  has  to 
player-pianos.  No  other  player-piano  permits  of  Instinctive  Playing. 

The  reason  you  are  able  to  put  expression  into  your  playing  naturally  and  without  effort 
lies  in  the  perfection  of  the  Virtuolo's  finely  sensitive  mechanisms  and  the  simplification  of  its 
control. 

We  call  these  mechanisms  the  Virtuolo  "air  muscle  fingers"  because  their  sensitiveness 
makes  them  a  real  substitute  for  human  fingers  placing  on  the  fyeys.  They  are  so  keenly 
responsive  that  they  produce  any  effect  in  music  that  you  desire  the  instant  you  send  them 
your  instinctive  signal  through  pedals,  buttons  or  tempo  lever. 

The  new  simplified  control  on  the  Virtuolo  brings  in  another  entirely  new  feature. 
Confusing,  awkward  levers  have  been  replaced  with  simple  buttons  which  are  in  such  close 
relation  to  the  "air  muscle  fingers"  that  the  whole  action  of  both  player  and  piano  seems  to 
be  one  instrument,  directly  responsive  to  your  will.  The  new  Acsolo  buttons  make  it  possible 
for  you  to  emphasize  or  accent  any  note  in  the  music  the  instant  you  feel  the  inspiration 
to  do  so. 

The  Hallet  &  Davis  Virtuolo  in  a  beautiful  mahogany  case  is  sold  at  $700  and  in  an 
Arts  and  Crafts  design  case  at  $775,  and  the  Conway  Virtuolo  at  $525. 

We  will  send  you  the  name  of  our  nearest  dealer,  or  we  will  ship  you  a  Virtuolo  direct 
from  Boston,  where  they  are  made. 

Send  for  a  beautiful  booklet,  entitled  "The  Inner  Beauty."  It  is  free,  and  tells  you 
all  about  the  Virtuolo;  also  things  about  music  which  you  may  not  know. 

HALLET  &  DAVIS  PIANO  Co. 

BOSTON 
Wholesale  Office,  505  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 


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PULLMANS  AND    OBSERVATION    CARS    ELECTRIC    LIGHTED    THROUGHOUT 


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LEAVES  CHICAGO  DAILY  10:16  P.  M.  VIA  C.  fif  N.  W.,  U.  P.,  SALT  LAKE  ROUTE 

ROUTES  VIA  SALT  LAKE  CITY,  THE  HOME  OF  THE 
MORMON  TABERNACLE  CHOIR 

TWO  OTHER  THROUGH  TRAINS  DAILY  FROM  SALT  LAKE  CITY 


FOR  EXCURSION  RATES,  TICKETS,  INFORMATION  AND  LITERATURE, 
CALL  ON  OR  WRITE 

M.  DE  BRABANT     W.  J.  BOGERT     GEO.  M.  SARGENT     E.  B.  ERWIN 


General  Agent 
819  Oliver  Bldg. 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 


General  Agent 
142  So.  Clark  St. 
Chicago.  111. 


General  Agent 
823  17th  St. 
Denver,  Colo. 


T.  C.  PECK,  G.  P.  A.,  Los  Angeles 
J.  H.  MANDERFIELD,  A.  G.  F.  &  P.  A.,  Salt  Lake  City 


JOSEPH  F.   SMITH 

President 


THOMAS  R.   CUTLER 

Vice  Pres.  &  Gen.  Mgr. 

R.  W.  YOUNG  W.  T.  PYPER 

Attorney  Asst.  Secy. 


H.   G.   WHITNEY 

Secy.  &  Treas. 


FACTORIES  AT 

Lehi,  Utah 
Elsinore,  Utah 
Garland,  Utah 
Blackfoot,  Idaho 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho 
Sugar  City,  Idaho 


Company 


CUTTING  STATIONS 

Spanish  Fork, Utah 
Provo,  Utah 
Parker,  Idaho 


MAIN  OFFICE 

Sharon  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake,  Utah 


Three  Great  Trips  in  One 


COLORADO 

The  Gem  of  the  Rockies, 
where  you  get  a  true  con- 
ception of  the  grandeur  of 
Nature 


YELLOWSTONE 

Where  man's  efforts  pale 

into   insignificance  when 

compared  with  Nature's 

wonderland 


CALIFORNIA 

The  land  of  unending  de- 
light, flecked  with  natur- 
al parks  and  sparkling 


cities 


IF  YOU  SEE  THAT  YOUR  TICKET  READS  BY  WAY  OF  THE 

MISSOURI  PACIFIC 


FROM  ST.  LOUIS 

Teeming  Gateway  to  the  Golden  West 
and  Beautiful  Southwest 


THROUGH  SALT  LAKE 

The  templed  city  and  music  center  of 
a  region  of  grandeur 


Splendid  train  service;  standard  Pullman  sleeping  cars;  "our  own"  superb  din- 
ing car  service;  every  comfort  and  convenience  known  to  the  most  widely  trav- 
eled traveler.     Booklets  and  information  on  request 

C.  L.  STONE,  Passenger  Traffic  Manager 
B.  H.  PAYNE,  General  Passenger  Agent 

ST.  LOUIS 


FOUR  THROUGH  ROUTES  WEST 


via  th 


Cfjtcago,  JWtitoaufeee 


$aul  &atitoap 


AND   CONNECTING    LINES 

Between  Chicago,  Salt  Lake  City  and  California  and  Chicago 
and  the  Pacific  North  Coast,  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 
Railway  with  its  connections  maintains  through  service,  offering 
all  home  comforts  and  conveniences. 

Chicago  —  Salt    Lake   City  —  California 

The  San  Francisco  "Overland  Limited,"  famous  for  luxury, 
and  The  China  and  Japan  Mail  daily  via  the  "St.  Paul,"  Union- 
Southern  Pacific  Line  through  the  famous  mountain  scenery  of 
Colorado  and  Utah;  daily  standard  sleeping  car  service  via  the 
"St.  Paul,"  Union  Pacific,  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  and  Southern 
Pacific  Line;  daily  tourist  sleeping  car  service  via  the  "St. 
Paul,"  Union  Pacific,  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  and  Salt  Lake  Route. 
Chicago  and  Pacific  North  Coast 

Two  new  all  steel  trains  —  "The  Olympian"  and  "The  Co- 
lumbian" —  unequaled  in  luxury  of  fittings  and  splendid  service 
throughout,  twice  daily  between  Chicago,  Seattle  and  Tacoma 
over  the  new  scenic  short  line,  the 

CHICAGO,  MILWAUKEE  &  ST.  PAUL  and 
CHICAGO,  MILWAUKEE  &  PUGET  SOUND  RAILWAYS 

For  descriptive  literature  and  full  information,  address 

F.  A.  MILLER, 
General  Passenger  Agent,  Chicago. 


For  the  Public  Service' 


The  Twentieth  Century  Limited 


NewYork&ntral  Lines 


Lake  Shore — "Water-Level  Route" 
Steel  Equipment  Compartment  Cars  Perfect  Track 

Every  department  of  the  service  is  maintained  at  a  high  state  of  efficiency, 
Stock  Reports— Library-  Maid— Barber— Baths 

providing  all  necessities  and  many  luxuries  of  a  modern  club. 

Stenographer — Manicure. 


Leave  Chicago  La  Salle  Street  Station  .  .  .  2:30  p.  HI. 
Arrive  New  York  Grand  Central  Terminal  9:25  a.  HI. 


— Eighteen  Hours — 

It  saves  your  time  and  energy 


20th  Century  Limited 

Premier  Train  of  the  World 


OVA     OF 


GREAT    HOTELS    OF     THE    WORLD 


HOTEL  UTAH 


SALT  LAKE  CITY 

4.00  Rooms — FJreproof. 


'Cbe  XJest  of  Evenjtbing  at  Sensible  prices 


OPENED  JUNE  8,  1911 

Erected  at  a  cost  of  two  million  dollars.     The  Utah  represents  the  most  ad- 
vanced ideas  of  construction  and   embodies  every  latest  feature  known  to 
the  hotel  world.     The  furnishings  and  equipment  are  complete  in  every  de- 
tail and  thoroughly  in  keeping  with  the  building  itself 

ABUNDANCE    OF    LARGE    SAMPLE    ROOMS 

Rooms  without  Bath  $I.$O  o  $2;  with  Bath  $2.$o  '^  upwards 


<3eo.  ®.  IRclf,  ^Director  an&  (Sen. 


,  Ssst. 


Lithomount 
Pamphlet 

Binder 
Gaylord  Bros. 

Makers 
Stockton,  Calif. 

PAT.  JAN  21,  1908 


